Hercules: Is Even a Son of Zeus Strong Enough to Win in the Battle for Virtue?

Geraldine McCaughrean

Jan 2009 · Full Cast Audio · Narrated by Cynthia Bishop and Full Cast

About this audiobook

When the goddess Hera - wife of Zeus - discovers her husband's mortal son, Hercules, she vows to destroy him.

Thus begins Hercules's legendary and epic journey, in which he is forced to take on a series of seemingly impossible tasks. He battles an array of both amazing and terrifying beasts, including the mighty Cretan Bull, the many-headed Hydra, the ferocious Nemean Lion, and the three-headed guardian of hell, Cerberus.

With the help of the gods Athena and Apollo, can Hercules triumph in the end?

©2003 Geraldine McCaughrean; (P)2008 Full Cast Audio

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed the vivid descriptions of the narrator. I believe they erroneously took a page from the afrocentrists when they imagined Hippolyta & the Amazons as "black skin, black as oil" "corded hair" They described the Amazons as sub saharan. Keep the revision to the cocktail parties please.